Austria Verdi, Il trovatore: Wiener Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 10.9.2017. (RP)
Just Who Can Top Anna Netrebko as Leonora in Il trovatore?
Rick Perdian
Passion Runs High in Wiener Staatsoper’s Le nozze di Figaro
Austria Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Wiener Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra/Adam Fischer (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 9.9.2017. (RP)
© Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn
Rowland-Jones’ Laughter and Time Premieres at the North Norfolk Music Festival
United Kingdom North Norfolk Music Festival – Brahms, Schumann, Rowland-Jones, Copland: Marianne Cornetti (mezzo soprano), Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Gary Matthewman (piano), Church of Our Lady St Mary, South Creake, 19.8.2017. (RP)
Stuart Skelton Is Peter Grimes at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [6] – Britten, Peter Grimes (concert performance): Soloists, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Students from the Royal Northern College of Music/Edward Gardner (conductor), Usher Hall, 13.8.2017. (RP)
Elgar’s Stirring Tale of Vengeful Gods, Warring Vikings and Doomed Love
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [5] – Elgar, Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf: Erin Wall (soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, 11.8.2017. (RP)
On the High Seas with Classical Guitarist Finbarr Malafronte
United Kingdom Various composers: Finbarr Malafronte (guitar), RMS Queen Mary 2, Royal Court Theatre, 1 & 3.8.2017. (RP)
The Cradle Will Rock with Orchestra, Just as Blitzstein Intended
United States Blitzstein, The Cradle Will Rock: Opera Saratoga Orchestra and Chorus / John Mauceri (conductor). Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 16.7.2017. (RP)
© Gary David Gold